Bekki Wik roars to victory at a very crowded field of about 300 entries in Primm
PRIMM, Nev. By Mike Henle The annual SNORE Battle at Primm brought with it a strong field of almost 300 off-road vehicles along with some of the sport’s highly-respected, top notch-competitors in umpteen categories during the Oct. 10-11 showdown south of Las Vegas. During a weekend gathering that looked like an entire small town had […]
2020 Patrick’s Signs Championship heads for an off-road extravaganza
By Mike Henle SNORE’s annual King Shocks Battle at Primm scheduled Oct., 10-11 south of Las Vegas is once again drawing an excellent list of entries long before from several states. In a nutshell, SNORE’s race schedule has been a blessing for competitors all year long. Major conventions like the SEMA show have been forced […]
Welcome to Flower Mound, Texas where the church doors are open on a beautiful Sunday morning
We decided to check out Texas last week. Getting out of Dodge suddenly became a priority after the temperatures of the summers of Las Vegas once again became overbearing. And besides, our former church was shutdown thanks to the fact that we were all potential victims of a handful of viruses that invaded the United […]
Former professional baseball player fits in perfectly with Findlay Mazda
Findlay Automotive Group’s new franchise in the Valley Automall has been accepted with open arms since it was introduced earlier this year. Findlay Mazda in the Valley Automall came on board a few months ago, and former professional baseball player Gin Galvan is happy to be in the big-time of the car business whose baseball […]
Native Las Vegan, service advisor thrives on the business at Findlay Kia
For everyone who despises working on a vehicle, Findlay Kia service advisor Mike Calmelat thrives on the business. For Calmelat, providing invaluable service; along with repairing anything that’s in need, is a actually a science, of sorts. When there’s a problem, there’s also a solution in the name of Johnny-on-the-Spot for every challenge. In a […]
The Nevada Motorsports Awards was an epic event In the Frontier’s Siegfried and Roy Showroom
By Mike Henle Back in the early 1980s, I had a dream one day. Considering that I was an auto racing writer for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, I noticed that awards ceremonies needed to be updated. It was time to bring some class and dignity to such an event, so I pranced into the office […]
Justin Davis powers to Midnight Special victory under the lights
By Mike Henle – Special to SNORE The KC HiLites-sponsored Midnight Special off-road race is again in the books after its journey into the darkness of Southern Nevada July 24-25, and as usual, the Southern Nevada Off-Road Enthusiast (SNORE) group went home feeling good about themselves – and for good reason. You see, while off-road […]
Mark Martin may have lost at Craig Road, But he won big-time at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
The year was 1977 and Craig Road Speedway was a buzz of activity. The annual Fall Open competition event had lured an estimated 200 top-top notch stock cars from all over the country. The Fall Open Competition had drivers from Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Wisconsin, Utah, Canada, Colorado and Oregon, to name a few. A tiny […]
So, what happened to the old fans of Craig Road Speedway?
When Craig Road Speedway died in 1983, the victim of a sudden economic collapse, endless people that had spent long hours frequenting the track must have felt as though they had been kicked to the curb. Started clear back in the 1960s, CRS was a home-away-from-home every weekend from Easter all the way into October […]
Vegas short track racing at CRS had great times during the era of the 1960s until the 1980s
When I was a young Las Vegas sports writer for the Las Vegas Review-Journal in the late 1970s, I loved every minute of the beat simply because I’m a nut for motorsports. No matter what the phase of motorsports, I covered the event. No matter, I was eager to tell the world about an auto […]